What is the most popular job among Korean teenagers?

What kind of jobs do Korean teenagers prefer the most? Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education & Training (KRIVET) reveals the job preference of Korean teenagers in 2012 as followings:

Rank	All	Male student	Female student
1	Elementary school teacher	Goverment employee	Elementary school teacher
2	Doctor	Sportsman	Nurse
3	Goverment employee	Doctor	Middle·High school teacher
4	Middle·High school teacher	Policeman	Doctor
5	Cook chef	Company worker	Cook chef
6	Nurse	Cook Chef	Entertainer
7	Policeman	Elementary school teacher	Goverment employee
8	Sportsman	Middle·High school teacher	Flight attendant
9	Entertainer	Soldier	Designer
10	Company worker	Architect	Actress

As other developed country, it shows they prefer stable jobs such as teachers, and government officials. Compared to 10 years ago, entrepreneur and IT related jobs, which were the most popular, have lost its popularity. At that time, entrepreneurship was expected to be successful, and there came global companies such as Nexon and NHN. But for now, not many people still have the belief.

On the contrary, celebrities, musicians, and actors have become more popular for job seekers. Over the past 10 years, Korean culture has grown flourish, while being developed. K-pop is gaining enormous popularity around the world, especially through Psy. It becomes common that a lot of teenagers get trained for singing and acting, preparing for professional entertainment work from their early years.

Trivia: In these circumstances, academies for preparing exams of government officials and teachers are very excited. A number of people are pushed into the academies.

 

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